Yaneli Z.

  Greetings and salutations! We've officially completed our entire storyboard and I'm thrilled to be able to share it with you! It did not take too long to create because, as mentioned in my earlier group blog, we had already pitched concepts for the music video. This time around, our only concern was ensuring that we could have each of the shots and angles properly visualized to simplify the actual filming process when we got to it.  Scene 1:  In Scene 1, the video will begin without a fade-in and be positioned as a medium shot showcasing the main prop, our subject's cell phone, from an angle to the side. This is done to ensure that there is easier mobility of said prop upon moving it out of the frame during the beat drop. However, prior to doing so, the phone will be turned off and display two pieces of text, the name of the song, "Saturday Nights," and the name of the artist, "Weston Estate," which will both appear at different times, one after anothe...

  Hi again! Now that my team and I have established the foundation for our music video, that being the research we conducted regarding the conventions of indie music videos, we can now begin to create our game plan moving forwards. In order to do so, I've chosen to break up each of the necessary points we need to cover into the following sections: Props:     In music videos, very minimal dialogue is used, as mentioned in my previous blog. That then means that selecting the right props becomes of grave importance when attempting to convey a meaningful message in around a minute and a half. Choosing props did not prove to be all that difficult, however, being that our storyline is partially based on the lyrics of the song that we chose to use. Within the song itself, the term “phone” is mentioned multiple times, making it the obvious choice for being our central prop, which is essentially the prop that we will place the most focus on throughout the entire video. Since that ...

     Hello! Today, my group and I began to lay the foundation for our project by conducting thorough research on the common conventions related to our music video. To do so, we first needed to establish the genre of our song, which we determined to be alternative, or as many today call it, indie (the word indie meaning independent, or that an artist is not working in conjunction with a large, mainstream record company). Before beginning, one must first understand that there are three ways in which the indie genre approaches music videos, from either a performative stance, a narrative stance, or a mixture of both stances. Somewhat contrary to the way in which it is named, a performative indie music video concentrates mainly on the artist and their band engaging in a musical performance with the addition of instruments, as opposed to some form of a histrionic production. Said kinds of indie music videos are meant to simulate the feeling of the band is performing live, lipsy...

  Group For this project I am working with the same people I did for the commercial project. Jordyn, Julie, and Nico.  I really like this group because we get along well and we understand each others humor. It's all good vibes and fun working with them. I'm curious to see what ideas they will have for this project and what else I will be able to learn from them during this project. They're all unique and I really enjoy working with them. A big thing about working in a group is that everyone has their own part to do. Everything went well in the commercial project and I am hopeful that things will be the same for this project as well. We all contribute to the project and do our part, the project will get done with ease. Especially that this project will be outside of school, I'm super excited to see what we will come up with. 

Introduction My name is Yaneli Zelaya and this is my second introduction blog.  The previous project we did was fun and it gave me a chance to do something I haven't done before. This time I am definitely doing something new.   One thing about me is that I really enjoy music and the different genres. I don't have a specific favorite type of genre but I enjoy alt hip hop and rock. My current favorite song is Willshire by Tyler the Creator. from his recent album call me if you get lost. I really love the smooth rap and the lyrics themselves. Tyler really created when he made this song.  I can tell this project is going to be a fun experience and I can't wait to get to filming this music video even if it may not be a song I really like.